Prof. Sanjay E. Sarma
BT/ME/1990
Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
Conference Chairs
Prof. Amey Karkare
BT/CSE/1998
Dean of Resources and Alumni, IIT Kanpur
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Rakesh K. Jain
BT/CHE/1972
Andrew Werk Cook Professor of Tumor Biology and Director of the E. L. Steele Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Mriganka Sur
BT/EE/1974
Newton Professor of Neuroscience and Director of the Simons Center for the Social Brain, MIT
Guest Speakers
Dr. Duane Boning
Vice Provost for International Activities; Clarence J. LeBel Professor in Electrical Engineering; and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), MIT
Prof. Sana Aiyar
Professor of History at MIT
Track 01
Future of Medicine
Advancing diagnostics, devices and patient care.
Track Chair
Dr. Anil K. Lalwani
Dean of the Gangwal School of Medical Sciences and Technology (GSMST), IIT Kanpur
Panellists & Speakers
Dr. Jayandharan G. Rao
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, and Dean, Research & Development, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Sunil K. Agrawal
BT/ME/1984
Edwin H. Armstrong Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University
Dr. Balram Bhargava
Former Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi; Former Secretary, Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India
Dr. Jayender Jagadeesan
BT/EE/2003
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ms. Mihikaa Jain
BT/BSBE/2019
Chief of Staff at Artos
Track 02
Deep Tech Innovations
From fundamental research to real-world impact.
Track Chair & Co-Chair
Prof. Raja Angamuthu
Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Harshawardhan Wanare
Professor, Department of Physics & Photonics Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Panellists & Speakers
Prof. Siddharth Ramachandran
BT/MME/1991
Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Boston University
Prof. Anupam Madhukar
MSc2/PHY/1968
Kenneth T. Norris Professor in Engineering; Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Southern California (USC)
Dr. Faez Ahmed
BT-MT(Dual)/ME/2012
Associate Professor at MIT
Dr. Shubham Sahay
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Prof. Shivendra Panwar
BT/EE/1981
Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Director, New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT)
Track 03
AI & Cybersecurity
From intelligent systems to a safer tomorrow.
Track Chair & Co-Chair
Prof. Nitin Saxena
BT/CSE/2002, Ph.D/CSE/2007
N. Rama Rao Chair & HAG Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering; Founding Dean, Wadhwani School of AI & Intelligent Systems (WSAIS), IIT Kanpur
Prof. Sruti Srinivasa Ragavan
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur; Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cognitive Sciences
Panellists & Speakers
Prof. Angshuman Karmakar
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur; joint appointment with the Wadhwani School of AI & Intelligent Systems (WSAIS)
Dr. Pulkit Agrawal
BT/EE/2011
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), MIT
Prof. Nisheeth Srivastava
Professor with joint appointments in Computer Science & Engineering, Cognitive Science, and the School of AI & Intelligent Systems, IIT Kanpur
Dr. Ramesh Raskar
Associate Professor and Head of the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture research group
Dr. Garud N. Iyengar
BT/EE/1993
Avanessians Director of the Columbia Data Science Institute; Professor of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, Columbia University
Prof. Shreyas Kumar
Professor of Practice, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University; Founder and Director of the AGGIES Lab
Mr. Chitro Neogy
BT/ME/1989
AI Product Manager at Keeper Security
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